Posted by: montclairlibrary | November 23, 2011

Things to be thankful for

Here’s a short list of things we’re thankful for this year:

  • people who donate books to the library book sales
  • people who buy books at our book sales to support the library
  • volunteers, like the Hillside Gardeners who maintain the library grounds and the teens who helped with the summer reading program
  • the fact that no Oakland libraries were permanently closed this year
  • our sweet little library and the staff who work so hard to make it function

The Montclair branch will be closed this Thursday 11/24 and Friday 11/25 for Thanksgiving, plus Saturday 11/26 for the budget shortage.  Add in the regular Sunday and Monday closures, and we’ll see you back Tuesday 11/29.

The branch is open till 5:30 tonight, so you have a few more hours to snag some holiday reading, like Thanks for Thanksgiving by Julie Markes, Trucksgiving by Jon Scieszka, It’s Thanksgiving! by Jack Prelutsky or Thanksgiving Is by Gail Gibbons.  Grown-ups might enjoy Sarah Vowell’s funny and enlightening cultural profile of Puritan life, The Wordy Shipmates.

Happy Thanksgiving!

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Posted by: montclairlibrary | November 8, 2011

This week at the library

Lawyers in the Library tonight, Tuesday 11/8 from 6-8pm. Sign-up for lottery at 5:45 pm.

Toddler Storytime Thursday 11/10, 10:15-10:45am.

Baby Bounce Thursday 11/10, 11:30-11:45am.

Library closed Friday 11/11 and Saturday 11/12 for Veterans’ Day and budget cuts.

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Posted by: montclairlibrary | November 7, 2011

Thanks, Montclair!

Thanks to our friends and neighbors for another great book sale last weekend – we’re always so thrilled by the community response and happy to be able to raise money that goes right back into the Montclair branch. In the coming months you will see your donations in action as the Friends of Montclair Library recently gave money to the branch to buy more story-time materials and augment the adult materials budget.

Sorting books for the sale is one of my favorite activities, because I get to hang out with the other Friends members and see all the cool books the community donates. I also like seeing the interesting things people leave behind in the books they donate: A hand-written guacamole recipe, a Kowloon airport transfer ticket, the 1989-90 Pittsburgh Penguins pocket schedule. If you left your new AAA card in one of the books you donated, though, please contact the library for details on getting it back.

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Posted by: montclairlibrary | November 1, 2011

Sugar skull crafting

Sugar Skulls photo by Flickr user Alex Barth
Children ages 5 and up and their families are invited to the Montclair branch tomorrow, Wednesday November 2, at 3pm to celebrate Día de los Muertos. Come decorate calaveras de azúcar (sugar skulls) to adorn your Día de los Muertos altar or just for fun!

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Posted by: montclairlibrary | October 29, 2011

Book sale today!

Don’t miss our monster fall book sale – Saturday, October 29th from 11am-3pm at the Montclair branch! A preview:

  • Tons of children’s books, from board books to young adult
  • Lovely cookbooks, including The Book Club Cookbook and bound issues of Cooks Illustrated magazine
  • Gardening books – build a shed, plant natives, or style a cottage garden
  • Lots of current fiction, from The Help to Water for Elephants
  • Halloween books – a special table of spooky stories, vampire romances, ghostly tales and other books for all ages to get you ready for Monday
  • Our hand-picked selection of Books You Didn’t Know You Needed – trust us, you need one!

See you there!

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Posted by: montclairlibrary | October 18, 2011

Montclair swag

Close-up of FOML tote bag
Just in time for shopping our big fall book sale (coming up on Saturday 10/29), we now have a Montclair Library book bag for sale on Zazzle. This sturdy canvas bag features the four friendly owls from the library sign and can be yours for about $10 plus shipping. Perfect for toting books back and forth to the library, sustainably shopping for used books or stylishly carrying your groceries and other goodies. It would even make a good trick-or-treat bag! The same owls can be put on various styles of bags, tees and other things Zazzle sells – check them out. All profits directly benefit the Montclair branch through the Friends of Montclair Library.

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Posted by: montclairlibrary | October 6, 2011

Coming up at the library

Project from 2010 ReCreate contest

All branch libraries will be closed this Saturday, October 8th, due to the citywide budget shortage. The library will be open again as usual on Tuesday, October 11.

Lawyers in the Library returns Tuesday, October 11 from 6-8pm.

On Wednesday, October 12th at 3pm, kids can participate in the ReCreate Art Competition sponsored by MOCHA and Sustainable Oakland. Create art using recycled materials and have your artwork judged by experts! Or… Just have fun. Join us as MOCHA provides the artistic expertise and the Oakland Public Works Agency provides the materials and funding. You can find out more about the contest on the Oakland Recycles website.

Photo courtesy of Sustainable Oakland

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Posted by: montclairlibrary | September 30, 2011

Banned Books Week

Banned Books Week

It’s Banned Books Week again, when librarians, educators, booksellers and bibliophiles celebrate and recognize the freedom to read.

Read more about Banned Books Week and the top banned books from 2010 and classic literature in this article from the Chronicle’s website.

If you’d like to check them out (literally!), here are the 10 most-challenged titles of 2010 according to the American Library Association:

Go out and celebrate your freedom to read!

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Posted by: montclairlibrary | September 14, 2011

Save the date: Book sale

Our big Fall Book Sale will be Saturday, October 29th from 11am-3pm at the Montclair branch. See you there!

Book donations for the sale can be left with library during regular library hours.

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Posted by: montclairlibrary | September 12, 2011

Button Making Bonanza

buttons Kids ages 6 and up are invited to the Montclair branch Wednesday, September 14 at 3:00 PM for a Button Making Bonanza. Design and create buttons to pin on your school bag!

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